kon pa gab skyes

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ཀོན་པ་གབ་སྐྱེས
saussurea bodinieri levl., saussurea kingii fisch., medicine for stopping hemorrhage [JV]

med. herb kon pa gab skyes [skye gnas dbang gis rigs gnyis su dbye bas klung skyes te, ro kha, zhu rjes bsil,nus pas khrag shor gcod] [IW]

(med) Saw worts
Synonyms : kon pa rgyab skye, bsil ldan myu gu, sha dug chig thub, khrog chen pa, sog le kha (Shel gong)

kon pa gab skyes rtsa chad khrag shor gcod / ces par / rang byung pas / sog le kha yis khrag tshad sel / gsungs / ming / kon pa rgyab skye / bsil ldan myu gu / sha dug chig thub / khrog chen pa / sog le kha zer / 'khrungs dper / kon pa gab skyes zhes bya ba / lo ma nag srab nya ga can / phyi ni dkar bas shog bu 'dra / me tog rgya smug ro ni kha / gsar rnying rma rigs kun la bsngags / khyad par sha dug 'joms par byed / ces pa 'dab ma 'phur na spra ba ltar 'gro ba me tog dom dom 'dra ba'o / 'di rma sman seng ge 'jigs med pho rigs yin par bshad do / 'di la rigs gnyis te / 'di ltar [308] spang las skye ba'i lo ma nag mthug dang / kha smod skye ba'i lo ma che ring srub la nya ga che ba ste / snga ma pho dang phyi ma mo ste / phyi ma la kon pa gab chen / snga ma la gab chung yang zer ro // de bshin khrog chung pa yang khrag gcod mchog / ces par / 'khrungs dper / khrog chung ba zhes bya ba'i sman / lo ma rgyab skya sog le kha / khrag gcod sman gyi rgyal po yin / zhes pa / sa 'bol sar skye ba dbyibs snga ma 'dra la lo ma srab chung nyung ba / lo ma'i rtse phra gting pa zheng che ba ste / snga phyi gsum dang khyad par phyi ma 'di bcad la khrag dron mor btsugs pas 'grangs par 'thung bar byed do // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 307.4)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Jam-dpal (print p 170) kon pa gab skye (171) khrog chung

1. Saussurea przewalskii Maxim. (Asteraceae) Saw wort (Kletter 2001). Reported name kon pa gab chen.
2. Saussurea pachyneura Franch. (Asteraceae) Saw wort (Wangyal 2020). Reported name kon pa gab chung. Synonyms : khrog chung pa, gab chung (Kletter 2001)
3. Leibnitzia nepalensis (Kunze) Kitam. (Asteraceae) Sun bonnets (Wangyal 2020). Reported name kon pa gab chung.
4. Saussurea eriostemon Wall. ex C.B.Clarke (Asteraceae) Saw wort (Kletter 2001)
5. Saussurea kingii J.R.Drumm. ex C.E.C.Fisch. (Asteraceae) Saw wort (Kletter 2001)
6. Saussurea runcinata DC. (Asteraceae) Saw wort (Kletter 2001)
7. Leuzea uniflora (L.) Holub (Asteraceae) (Kletter 2001)
8. Klasea cardunculus (Pall.) Holub. (Asteraceae) (Molvray 1988 G). Cited from northern sources.

kon pa gab skyes is the pho (male) variety of sen ge 'jig me (one of the seven kinds of drug that heal wounds). Its flowers are dom-dom (ornamental tassel of red hair tied to the neck of Yak in Tibet) shaped and the leaves change into woolly mass as of spra ba (Anaphalis leaves used in moxibustion) when rubbed. It has two varieties. The one growing on meadows with dark green thick leaves is the pho (male) variety called kon pa gab chung and the other which grows in lower areas with big, long, membranous and lobed leaves is the mo (female) variety called gab chen (Dawa 1999).
Saussurea is a large (over 400 species) and very divers genus in the Asteraceae family. It is divided in 4 subgenera with distinct morphological features, which are affiliated with certain tibetan names. Subgenus Eryogone or 'Snowball plants' (bya rgod sug pa) has dense hairy flower heads, subgenus Amphilaena or 'Snow lotus' (gza' bdud mgo dgu) has bracts which close over the flowers, creating a greenhouse effect. The other subgenera have open, scabious-like flowerheads. Saw worts are with kon pa gab skyes and rtsa mkhris, others are included in khyung sder, spang rtsi do bo or bya rog nyungs ma.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:37, 30 March 2024 (EDT)